Full Mammal Species Hub

The British Isles are home to around 90 species of mammal in the land, air and sea. See the full list of mammals of the British Isles here, or click on an image below to learn more about each species.

To learn more about mammal droppings ID visit the guidance page here

Eulipotyphla (Insectivores)

Hedgehog	European mole	Common shrew	Pygmy shrew
Water shrew	L. white-toothed shrew	G. white-toothed shrew

Lagomorpha (Rabbits and hares)

European rabbit

Brown hare

Mountain hare

Irish hare

Rodentia (Rodents)

Red squirrel	Grey squirrel	Eurasian beaver	Hazel dormouse
Edible dormouse	Bank vole	Field vole	Common vole
Water vole	Harvest mouse	Wood mouse	Yellow-necked mouse
House mouse	Brown rat	Black rat

Carnivora (Carnivores)

Wildcat	Red fox	Badger	Otter
Pine marten	Stoat	Weasel	Polecat
American mink

Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)

Wild boar	Red deer	Sika deer	Fallow deer
Roe deer	Chinese water deer	Reeves’ muntjac deer

Pinnipedia (Seals)

Harbour seal

Grey seal

Chiroptera (Bats)

Greater horseshoe bat	Lesser horseshoe bat	Alcathoe bat	Whiskered bat
Brandt’s bat	Bechstein’s bat	Daubenton’s bat	Greater mouse-eared bat
Natterer’s bat	Serotine bat	Leisler’s bat	Noctule bat
Common pipistrelle bat	Soprano pipistrelle bat	Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat	Barbastelle bat
Brown long-eared bat	Grey long-eared bat

Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins) 

North Atlantic right whale	Bowhead whale	Humpback whale	Blue whale
Fin whale	Sei whale	Minke whale	Northern bottlenose whale
Cuvier’s beaked whale	Sowerby’s beaked whale	Pygmy sperm whale	Dwarf sperm whale
Sperm whale	Beluga	Killer whale/orca	False killer whale
Long-finned pilot whale	Risso’s dolphin	Atlantic white-sided dolphin	White-beaked dolphin
Common dolphin	Striped dolphin	Bottlenose dolphin	Harbour porpoise

 

For more information about UK bat species or marine mammals, please visit the Bat Conservation Trust website or the Marine Conservation Society website.